Category: CCS

Centre for Catholic Studies Book Launch: An online event to launch Neoliberal Religion by Durham’s Prof Mathew Guest. At the event, Prof John Barclay (Lightfoot Professor of Divinity, Durham University), Prof

Bishop Stephen will be visiting the Centre for Catholic Studies on Thursday 28th September. As part of his visit, the Bishop will celebrate Mass at St Cuthbert’s, which

The 4th Early Modern British & Irish Catholicism conference, organised by Durham’s Centre for Catholic Studies. Tuesday 11-Thursday 13 July, at Durham. Details and booking at at https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/catholic-studies/about-us/events/embic-iv/.

This week, the CCS will be hosting a major symposium on Synodality here in Durham. The bishops and clergy attending the symposium will celebrate Mass at St Cuthbert’s

Tuesday 20th June at 6.00pm, at St Cuthbert’s. Presider and preacher: Rt Rev. Dom. Geoffrey Scott, OSB. Everyone is welcome.

Boundary Breaking: The Ecclesial Cultural Implications of Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Context (England & Wales) Monday 5th June at 5.00pm in Seminar Room B, Abbey House,

On Thursday 9th March at 7.00pm Rik Van Nieuwenhove,  Professor of Medieval Theology at Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies,  will give a  lecture on “The Beauty and Significance of Jan

Tuesday 24 January – CCS Book Launch, 5.30pm GMT, online. An online celebration of the publication of: Receptive Ecumenism as Transformative Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a

Iconoclasm at Christmas: Catholic Visual Culture in the Heartof Europe, c. 1600 by Dr Suzanna Ivanič, FRHistS (University of Kent.) Tuesday 6th December, 5.30pm drinks for 6pm lecture. Attendance is

Enlightenment in the English Cloister? The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre in Exile and at Home, c.1750–c.1815 by Dr Cormac Begadon (Durham University.) Tuesday 18th October; drinks from

A conference organised by Durham’s Centre for Catholic Studies. 12-14 July at the University of Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway. Details and registration at https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/catholic-studies/about-us/events/catholicism-literature-and-the-arts-conference/

Is the Gospel Really Good News? Catholic Evangelisation and Catechesis in the 21st Century by Archbishop John Wilson (Archdiocese of Southwark.) Tuesday 8th March at 6.00m, at Ushaw

A public lecture by Professor Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies. Prof Rowlands has written on

‘Fugitive Virgins’: Refugee Women Religious in British Culture, 1792–1815 by Dr Tonya Moutray (Russell Sage College, USA, and Visiting Fellow at Durham Residential Research Library.) Wednesday 23rd February;

The CCS is currently advertising Postgraduate Scholarships and Bursaries in Catholic Theology /Catholic Studies for 2022/23. These include the two Louis Lafosse PhD Scholarships, including full-fees (at UK

Rethinking Gregory of Nyssa’s Mystical Theology by Dr Gabrielle Thomas (Emory University.) Thursday 10th February 5.00-6.30pm, online. See Centre for Catholic Studies web page for details and booking.

Applications are now open for CCS Postgraduate Scholarships and Bursaries for 2022-23. Details at https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/catholic-studies/facilities/funding-/

Paradox and Prophecy: the second online conference on Lived Catholicism, organised by the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University on 15-16 November. Details and registration at https://livedcatholicism2.eventbrite.co.uk

Durham 1569: A People’s Tragedy? Prof. Eamon Duffy (University of Cambridge, Emeritus) Tuesday 17th September, 6.30-7.45pm in the Debating Chamber, Palace Green, Durham. Entry is free of charge, but registration

From the 13th Century to the 21st: An international conference hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies in partnership with the Capuchin Franciscans of Great Britain, to mark